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Anne Ryan attends weapons of mass destruction training at Homeland Security’s Center for Domestic Preparedness

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Anne Ryan, emergency preparedness coordinator for University Hospital, completed a weapons of mass destruction training course sponsored at the Homeland Security’s Center for Domestic Preparedness May 31 to June 3 in Anniston, Ala. The training helps to ensure that emergency responders are better prepared to respond to local incidents or potential weapons of mass destruction incidents.

Ryan, of Cazenovia, is responsible for University Hospital’s emergency preparedness planning and response. Ryan is active in the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), an instructor in Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC), Emergency Nursing Pediatrics Course (ENPC), Pediatric Education for Pre-hospital Professionals (PEPP), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS).